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CVE-2024-7012: Puppet-foreman: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in foreman

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in Foreman when deployed with External Authentication, due to the puppet-foreman configuration. This issue arises from Apache's mod_proxy not properly unsetting headers because of restrictions on underscores in HTTP headers, allowing authentication through a malformed header. This flaw impacts all active Satellite deployments (6.13, 6.14 and 6.15) and could potentially enable unauthorized users to gain administrative access.

Affected products

• Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.13, 6.14, 6.15

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6335
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6336
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6337
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8906
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-7012
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2299429

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